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The game will probably improve when they remove stealth firing. Boring mechanic. Fletcher is a very good ship without stealth firing, so no rebalance needed.

I'm on stage 5 but don't expect able to finish it in a dd. Don't care much about it either. Don't know the reward, but I assume I'll survive without it.

Very true. They are in a class of their own when it comes to multitasking. Playing them feels like another game though, more of an rts than a warship simulator (I know - arcade). Not a class for me.

Burning bbs in cruisers seem easy at middle tiers. Not sure if that's a change though, and I'm not sure it's not more dependent on the skill of the bb captains..

Maybe you just yet haven't embraced what your stats imply?

Extremely often finishes damaged enemies It's my main source of XP I would like to see WG give time-dependent xp for contesting caps - staying inside a cap, either actively capping or just contesting with and enemy ship inside the cap. This activity should be rewarded even if it doesn't end up with a capped base. Shooting bbs from outside the cap is a piece of cake in relation...

They were a bit UP perhaps and therefore 'hard', but have they ever been particularly demanding? More than IJN and RU cruisers probably. The NO as anti-dd ship was pretty poor for what it was supposed to do. True, but it's getting pretty specific where Atlanta is demanding to play. Although, I believe Atlanta might be one of the more demanding cruisers to play, without ever having played it.

..and you would never intrude on another player's smoke...?

Okay, a sign for me how demanding a ship is - how much effort you put into checking out the ships and players of both teams + the map, and figuring out what to do. Of course, how you need to play weighs in heavily also - how much attention you need to keep on your surroundings at all times.

Don't you just sit in smoke and spam HE until smoke goes away? yes... demanding... j/k

I think Nagato would be better if you want to gain ranks. ...but that's judging from earlier seasons.

So, are we going to see 3 tier 10 RU dds? Khaba, Grozovoi and Nakhodka?

That's the easy 'contesting cap' job. You shoot cruisers/bbs from outside, often relatively secure. Getting defence flag and extra XP for that is fine, but I'm talking about the difficult cap contesting - the job where you as a dd need to stay in a confined place with an enemy dd, dodging torps, in some cases having planes or radars spotting you and when spotted - being targeted by half the enemy fleet. There's no xp reward at all for preventing the enemy team from capping or trying to cap the last bit while being contested by an enemy dd. I suggest a xp bonus for the time you are in a cap contesting it. Goes for both parts in the cap. That would be an xp bonus promoting teamwork.

People are complaining about OP Belfast. The sweet spot for WG releasing a new premium ship must be that the new ship is highly competitive, maybe even slightly OP compared to the old ones. US cruiser line gains a welcome buff at the same time. I think this will continue. Premium ships won't be nerfed directly, but f2p ships will gain slight buffs to keep up I guess it's the same as in WOT, but never played it.. Is the ever changing meta in WOWS good or bad in your opinion? Are you upset when relative nerfs hit your ships, or do you enjoy the dynamic aspects of this kind of game? I think the changes keep the game interesting for a longer time, but I think there need to be a long term plan.

All those Flamu videos

I don't think either are suited tbh, but I'd go with Mahan of those two. Given the new ships and that I haven't entered ranked this season, other people might know better...

So, I activated replays. It seems pretty restricted at the moment. I was hoping to use the free camera mode, but haven't been able to. ..and is there a reason why I can't activate a God-mode where all the enemy ships are visible too? It's a request to implement it otherwise. Could be interesting to analyse games... ..and see people proving they were killed by a cheater. Either way - replays - do you use them? Are they good for anything given the restrictions?

Nice, thanks. Pressing the left mousebutton while holding Ctrl-shift-backspace did it.

I deleted the preference file and tried again. Now the interface, such as chat and health is showing properly it seems, pressing Ctrl-Shift-Backspace does nothing. Oh well, I'll survive. Thanks for your help.

quoted post removed Did he just call all clan bereft players friendless wonders?? Oh my god.. All dog pile?

and here I am, having fun in Random games. Why do you do this to yourself?

Commands are very wonky in replay mode, only a few seems functional. I can jump forward, ctrl and shift works, at times at least. The only line I've added is <isReplayEnabled> True </isReplayEnabled> . I drag the replay file to the Wows.exe and the replays start. Health doesn't update, several things seems locked and incorrect. No mods installed. Do I need to edit preference file for the commands too?

It ain't working

It's in the millions. ..basic mathematics really

Random games are nearly void of Belfasts. I presume the Belfasts move up the ranks quite quickly and the non-premium scrubs will fight it out later in the season